Newsom and his people made it clear to all city departments that if they're dealing with us, they've got to keep us at arm's length. City departments aren't allowed to talk to us directly or deal with us directly without the Mayor's Office being involved.

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Asking for this information is important. You've got to have open government ? if it's not open, there are some serious problems for the future.

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While phase one is strictly informational we are currently developing a network of charter jet, luxury motor yacht, executive ground transportation companies as well as all inclusive resorts that are geared to meet the needs of the affluent traveler.

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Over all the years of doing this stuff, we've made a lot of FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] requests. I've never had someone be so reluctant to give up what's public. This is the worst example I've seen, ever, of public officials who refuse to give up public documents.

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